I have been involved with long term care insurance for well over a decade, and over the last five years, I have considered myself a long term care insurance specialist. I have concluded that in order to do the job of insuring individuals and families against the threat of chronic care needs, I must be dedicated to it. Offering life insurance, disability or health insurance would only dilute what should be a concentrated effort to make sure families have the proper amount of long term care insurance. In addition, an insurance agent must know how to navigate through the tremendous diversity of health conditions that clients present prior to applying because without the client’s application obtaining approval, all efforts are in vain.
Whether a person has been approved or never makes it to the point of applying for a policy, individuals and couples reject this insurance for the wrong reasons. The most unfortunate reason I have uncovered in my experience is simple denial. People do not want to believe that their vitality will eventually diminish. A person will convince themselves that they will either die in their sleep or drop dead from a heart attack. I have trouble empathizing with this position because it only takes a few minutes of thought to consider how needing chronic care will affect friends and family. When an individual or couple decide against insurance, they should ask the following questions: Who will care for me? Who will coordinate my care? How long can I afford ,000 per year? If my family handles the scheduling of my care, who will train them to do this? How much will that cost? Will they have to leave their job(s) to do this? Can they afford to lose their job(s) if I become their responsibility? Will my friends and family still have to manage my finances? Will I be a burden to my family? Will my spouse have to go back to work if I need care longer than our savings will last? Will there be financial security for my spouse or family after I am gone?
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